Make dependencies / states more clear

[Presskopp]

Coming from wp-admin/plugin-install.php, when viewing a plugin that depends on another plugin, the UI currently only states “Additional plugins are required.”

It does not indicate whether the required plugin is already installed, active, or missing. The same lack of information exists on the Plugins screen.

This makes it unnecessarily hard to understand what action is actually required.

I have created a small starter patch to illustrate how this information could be exposed more clearly. The patch is only affecting the plugins list so far. Also CSS is missing.

make dependencies and states more clear

Trac ticket: 64475

[Presskopp]

missing CSS could look like:

.plugins .dependency-icon {
	margin-left: 2px;
	vertical-align: text-bottom;
}

.plugins .dependency-icon--active {
	color: #46b450; /* WP success green */
}

.plugins .dependency-icon--installed {
	color: #1d2327; /* Default admin text */
}

.plugins .dependency-state {
	margin-left: 2px;
	font-style: italic;
}

.plugins .dependency-state--missing {
	color: #b32d2e; /* WP error red (optional) */
}

[westonruter]

Plugin Dependencies were introduced in #22316.

This follow-up fixes inconsistent whitespace in the plugin dependency list output
introduced during the dependency link refactor.

It ensures consistent spacing and avoids unintended whitespace in the rendered
dependency status markup.

Follow-up fix for whitespace issues is in #10695

I'm so sorry, when I try to tidy up, I just make more mess. This should be only 1 commit

Improves the plugin dependencies UI by indicating whether required plugins
are installed, active, or missing.

Follow-up to #10686.
Trac: #64475

Don't worry about it only being 1 commit. It will be 1 commit in SVN regardless.

[westonruter]

@Presskopp I understand that plugins.png​ shows the difference after the change. Can you add a screenshot that shows the before state as well?

[Presskopp]

The 'before' state doesn't show the detailed states like "not installed", "installed", "active" and of course there are no checkmarks either.

In the first screenshot (patch applied) the view under plugin-install.php is showing "not installed" but this has been "photoshopped". It should be part of the final patch, that's why I added it to the image.

[Presskopp]

related: #64493